Bolivians rebuke Morales in judicial ballot

Most Bolivian voters cast spoiled ballots in an election Sunday to choose national judges, according to unofficial polling results, handing a rebuke to President Evo Morales in a vote that had been seen as a test for the leftist leader.

Morales' traditional base of Indian support appeared to hand him a setback, angered by his plans to build a $420 million highway through the Amazon and a subsequent police crackdown on protesters opposed to the road's construction.